PARKER — The pressure of playing in the Solheim Cup is difficult for the participants to describe.

But the top American player, Stacy Lewis, put it in perspective Tuesday during interviews following a practice round at Colorado Golf Club.

Lewis comes off a win in the Women’s British Open — at St. Andrews in Scotland, the home of golf, no less.

But she said Solheim pressure is different. In addition to being more intense, there’s more of it.

“It’s very different (from a major championship),” Lewis said. “I don’t want to scare Lizette (U.S, Solheim rookie Lizette Salas), but what it feels like walking up No. 18 with the lead at a major, that’s what every hole feels like at the Solheim Cup.

“It’s hard because you can feel the momentum shifts in the crowds and the way that roars around the course. You try to just stay in the moment and stay in what you’re doing, but it’s so hard. You kind of get caught up in the theater of it.”

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